Detect Language API Node.js Client
Node.js wrapper for the Detect Language API.
Installation
npm install detectlanguage [--save]
Configuration
Before using Detect Language API client you have to setup your personal API key. You can get it by signing up at detectlanguage.com
var DetectLanguage = require('detectlanguage');
var detectlanguage = new DetectLanguage('YOUR API KEY');Usage
Language Detection
Takes a text string and returns a list of detections.
var text = "Hello! How are you?";
detectlanguage.detect(text).then(function(result) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});Response
[
{
"language": "en",
"isReliable": true,
"confidence": 18.2
}
]Batch Detection (recommended)
Takes an array of texts and returns a list of detections. It is much faster than doing request for each text individually.
var texts = ['šešios žąsys', 'Strč prst skrz krk'];
detectlanguage.detect(texts).then(function(result) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});Response
[
[
{
"language": "lt",
"isReliable": true,
"confidence": 5.5
}
],
[
{
"language": "cs",
"isReliable": true,
"confidence": 3.645
},
...
]
]Language Code Detection
Returns first detected language code.
var text = "Hello! How are you?";
detectlanguage.detectCode(text).then(function(result) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});Response
"en"Supported Languages
Returns the list of supported languages.
detectlanguage.languages().then(function(result) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});Response
[
{
code: "aa",
name: "AFAR"
},
{
code: "ab",
name: "ABKHAZIAN"
},
{
code: "af",
name: "AFRIKAANS"
}
...
]User Status
Returns information about your account and it's status.
detectlanguage.userStatus().then(function(result) {
console.log(JSON.stringify(result));
});Response
{
date: "2020-01-01",
requests: 31,
bytes: 429,
plan: "FREE",
plan_expires: null,
daily_requests_limit: 1000,
daily_bytes_limit: 1048576,
status: "ACTIVE"
}Author
Laurynas Butkus (GitHub)
License
Licensed under the MIT License: https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT